The Sun say a move for the Monaco star has been put on hold because Arsene Wenger hasn’t been able to trim his squad.
It’s claimed the seven flops - Jack Wilshere, David Ospina, Kieran Gibbs, Carl Jenkinson, Lucas Perez, Calum Chambers and Mathieu Debuchy - may all need to leave the club in order for Lemar to be signed.
Shipping them out the Emirates would free up wages to hand Lemar the deal he’d want.
The sales would also help raise the cash Monaco will demand to sell, expected to be well in excess of £50million.
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